50x50 in the News

As of Nov. 29, 2018

"Thirteen national and regional organizations recently announced their support of the Alliance to Save Energy’s 50×50 Commission on U.S. Transportation Sector Efficiency, which will seek to identify strategies that will reduce energy use in U.S. transportation."

"The 50x50 Commission has been brought together by the Alliance to Save Energy. Its members include heavyweights across many industries (Audi, General Motors, Microsoft and National Grid among others)."

"Along with actions that would support wider EV and hydrogen fuel cell vehicle adoption and a buildout of charging infrastructure, the recommendations also call for increasing use of renewable natural gas (RNG) as a transportation fuel."

"In the face of broad deregulation efforts by the Trump Administration, some companies are continuing to pursue energy and environmental goals that exceed federal requirements. Such is the case with a new initiative to increase efficiency in the U.S. transportation sector."

“The policy suggestions they put forth are wide-ranging: encouraging public transit and biking, as well as urging the federal government to pursue research and development on transportation and provide incentives for electric vehicles.”

“At issue here is giving corporations the incentive that that they need to implement clean energy technologies — things that no doubt require capital outlays but which may ultimately add to their bottom lines and preserve the ecology for generations to come.”

Op-ed by 50x50 Commissioner Matthew Enstice: “Together, the 50x50 Commission is going to campaign to see these recommendations adopted. We can’t let this opportunity go by. Join us as we help America move to a more energy-efficient transportation future.”

“The commission is calling to raise levels of efficiency, but to do it in a way that doesn’t only rely on the EPA and Department of Transportation fuel economy regulations that focus on improving the auto industry’s fleetwide fuel-economy averages over time."

“The Alliance to Save Energy convened the 50x50 Commission on U.S. Transportation Sector Efficiency to examine how the public and private sector can come together to meet "evolving transportation needs" while also reducing energy use 50 percent by 2050.”